Tag: Taliban

Ten Taliban militants responsible for the 2012 shooting of teenage activist Malala Yousafzai and two other teenage girls have been arrested, Pakistan's army announced Friday. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Taliban militants who shot Malala Yousafzai have been arrested

Ashe Schow · September 12, 2014 6:59 pm

President Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit at Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales, on Sept. 5. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Attacking ISIS? Hold on, Mr. President

John Stossel · September 10, 2014 5:54 pm

Afghan security forces stand guard near the dead bodies of Taliban fighters in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. The Taliban struck a government compound in eastern Afghanistan early on Thursday in an attack that included two suicide truck bombings and left at least 12 people dead, including several off duty policemen asleep in their quarters nearby, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)

Taliban hit Afghan government HQ in east, kill 12

Washington Examiner · September 4, 2014 11:29 am

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. A suicide bomber in a truck blew himself up at an intelligence headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, setting off an intense firefight with security forces, officials said. (AP Photo)

Taliban attack intel office in eastern Afghanistan

Amir Shah · August 30, 2014 6:26 am

Outgoing commander of ISAF, U.S. Gen. Joseph Dunford, first left, and incoming U.S. Army Commander for International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF), Gen. John F. Campbell, first right, salute during a change of command ceremony at the ISAF Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. ISAF is a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan that was established by the United Nations Security Council in 2001. It will end its mission at the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

US commander: Afghans face Taliban test in 2015

Lolita Baldor · August 27, 2014 6:42 pm

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl prepares to be interviewed by Army investigators earlier this month. (AP Photo/Eugene R. Fidell)

National Security

Congress passes laws for reasons and Obama must obey them: Examiner Editorial

Washington Examiner · August 23, 2014 9:26 pm

Supporters of Iraqi Hezbollah brigades march in military uniforms with a portrait of Iran's supreme late Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini in Baghdad, Iraq, during a parade marking Quds Day. (AP/Hadi Mizban)

Obama driving American foreign policy off a cliff

Mona Charen · August 1, 2014 3:29 pm

House panel condemns Obama for prisoner swap

National Security

House panel condemns Obama for prisoner swap

Donna Cassata · July 29, 2014 8:19 pm

Taliban attack Afghan police chief’s home

Taliban attack Afghan police chief’s home

Rahim Faiez · July 27, 2014 9:04 am

The dead bodies of Shiite civilians, one with fallen prayer beads nearby, are seen on the ground after Taliban insurgents stopped their bus on the road in the western Ghor province of Afghanistan, Friday, July 25, 2014. The militants halted minibuses, identified more than a dozen Shiite passengers and shot them dead by the side of the road overnight Friday, an official said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Afghan Taliban leader warns against pact with US

Amir Shah · July 25, 2014 6:57 pm

FILE - In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A senior defense official says Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who spent nearly five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan, has been returned to regular Army duty. As of Monday he is assigned to U.S. Army North at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in Texas. That is the same location where he has been decompressing from the effects of his lengthy captivity. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)

National Security

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl returned to regular Army duty

Robert Burns · July 14, 2014 7:48 pm

Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, left, poses for a photograph with Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, right, at the Presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Malala Yousafzai meets with Nigerian president, gets told missing girls will return home ‘soon’

Ashe Schow · July 14, 2014 5:10 pm